La casa - Pablo Cohen (guitar) / World premier recording of music by Carlos Guastavino and Horacio Salgan / Including works by Radames Gnattali, Hermeto Pascoal and Egberto Gismonti / La casa Productions Audio CD 2011

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La casa
Pablo Cohen, solo guitar
World premier recording of music by Carlos Guastavino and Horacio Salgán. Including works by Radamés Gnattali, Hermeto Pascoal and Egberto Gismonti.

Pablo Cohen
“Grand class and enlighted emotion...” These are the words that Les Cahiers de la Guitare used to describe the playing of Pablo Cohen upon his debut recital at the Salle Cortot in Paris . “Fluid and delicate shape” wrote Philadelphia Inquirer in reviewing his rendering of a performance with the Concerto Soloist Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. His debut at the Ho-Am Hall for Performing Arts in Seoul was praised by Korea Times as “One of the foremost South-American guitarist”. He was recognized for the recording premier of Carlos Guastavino’s Jeromita Linares with Camerata Bariloche Chamber Orchestra of Argentina, “A cordial recommendation: outstandingly fine playing of a repertoire few of us know” (Gramophone.) His transcriptions of Chick Corea’s Children Songs, and his many transcriptions and arrangement of piano works by Carlos Guastavino and Horacio Salgán, along with his unveiling of solo and ensemble music by Latin American masters such as Radamés Gnattali and Astor Piazzolla, represent an exciting new direction for classical guitar today.

An endearing performer, Pablo Cohen has participated in solo, ensemble, and orchestral concerts in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. As a featured artist, he performed at the Salle Cortot in Paris, at the Ho-Am Hall for Performing Arts in Seoul, at Carnegie Hall in New York, Teatro Nacional in Panama, Teatro San Martin in Buenos Aires, at the Performing Arts Hall of Berkley College of Music in Boston and at many venues throughout the US. Festival appearances have included New York City International Guitar Festival, Guitar Foundation of America International Convention, Philadelphia’s Mozart on the Square, the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, the Carrefour Mondial de la Guitare in Martinique, The City of Geneva International Festival, Tel-Aviv Guitar Festival, Festival Calcaño in Caracas, “Festival de Guitarra Clásica” in Buenos Aires and Musickfest in Betlehem PA. “In short, Pablo Cohen is an outstanding classical player...the kind of artist the festival would do well to find more often.” (The Morning Call, Allentown PA). Mr Cohen is featured periodically in National Public Radio and in TV for PBS (Public Broadcasting System.)

Pablo Cohen is an active chamber musician as well. In addition to the more traditional ensembles, he has participated in groups including duets with bandoneonist Daniel Binelli, marimba player Gordon Stout, soprano saxophonist Steve Mauk and jazz guitarist Steve Brown. Recent engagements include performances as featured soloist with Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Ithaca
College Chamber Orchestra, Mansfield University Chamber Orchestra; a guest appearance at the 92nd street Y with the Young People’s Choir of NYC, performances for chamber music series with Ensemble X, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and with the Pro Musica Ensemble; he also featured two Latin American concerti with the Orchestra of the Finger Lakes at the Clemens Center, NY. Mr.Cohen recorded “Concierto Barroco” by Roberto Sierra with the Sinfonieta de Puerto Rico; and the CD “Cantan” with the Ithaca College Women Chorale, featuring the music of Dominican composer Francisco Nunez. 2012 marks the release of a new recording with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra dedicated to the guitar music of Radamés Gnattali, including two guitar concerti, ensemble and solo guitar works. Pablo Cohen graduated from Temple University with a Doctor in Musical Arts degree. He has received numerous prizes and awards for his performances in national and international competitions. More recently he received the Music Teachers National Association Award for his outstanding teaching. Dr Cohen is the head of the classical guitar program at Ithaca College and an affiliated artist at Cornell University

“It was stunning to hear the guitar with the many different combination of instruments. It was equally stunning to know that Pablo Cohen is also a first rate guitarist.”